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Fog v. t. (Agric.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

Fog v. t. (past & past part. fogged; pres. part. fogging)

To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

(Photog.) To render semiopaque or cloudy, as a negative film, by exposure to stray light, too long an exposure to the developer, etc.

Fog v. i. To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog. (Obs.) "Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?"

Fog v. i. (Photog.) To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.

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"Fogged" Quotes from Famous Books

... this state, no balloon or fake, come to Onamwaska by the St. L. & N." The spring fair was usually a small gathering of farmers to witness races and new agricultural implements, but this time every road for thirty-five miles was dust-fogged with buggies and democrat wagons and small motor-cars. Ten thousand people were packed about ...

— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis

... there came to her—perhaps it was a dream—a sound as of voices whispering together. She turned in her sleep and tried to listen, but her senses were fogged, benumbed. She could not at the moment drag herself free from the stupor of weariness that held her. But she was sure of Peter, quite sure that he would call her if any emergency arose. And there was no one with whom ...

— The Lamp in the Desert • Ethel M. Dell

... one answer. Even to his fogged brain it was clear that the drone control had been sabotaged by the Earthman. Otherwise cutting the signal wire would have kept the board from showing green. Somehow, the signal wire had been bypassed, to keep the operators from ...

— The Scarlet Lake Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin

... girls, the office clerks came past, breathing upon their chilled fingers and munching penny rolls. Some of them are gaunt young fellows in ill-fitting suits, their tired eyes still fogged from sleep. Others are older men, stooped and tottering, with faces pale and drawn from long hours of office work and glancing nervously at their watches ...

— L'Assommoir • Emile Zola